Foster Talks

Pluripotency and the early embryo: overriding development for production of embryonic stem cells

Dr. Jenny Nichols, PDN/Stem Cell Institute.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 June 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Axon and dendrite geography predict the specificity of synaptic connections in a functioning spinal cord network

Prof. Alan Roberts, University of Bristol.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 07 June 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Platelet Store-operated Ca2+ entry: The NCX trips up the TRP

Dr. Stewart Sage, PDN.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 31 May 2007, 16:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Arrhythmogenic mechanisms in the isolated perfused hypokalemic murine heart

Prof. Chris Huang, PDN.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 31 May 2007, 16:00-16:30

Foster Talks

Central circuits that subserve pain of different behavioural significance and their descending control

Dr. Bridget Lumb, University of Bristol.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 May 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

The vital role of kissing in reproduction

Dr. Bill Colledge, PDN.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 May 2007, 16:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Prenatal Origins of Heart Disease: The Role of Hypoxia and Oxidative Stress

Dr. Dino Giussani, PDN.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 17 May 2007, 16:00-16:30

Foster Talks

An interaction between the Trk and EphA tyrosine kinase families controls retinotectal topography

Host: Matthieu Vermeren

Dr. Uwe Drescher, King's College London.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 03 May 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Experience Dependent Mechanisms of Visual System Development

Host: Bill Harris

Prof. Hollis Cline, Cold Spring Harbor.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 26 April 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Sweet dreams: new pathways of glucose-sensing in the brain

Host: Richard Dyball

Dr. Denis Burdakov, Department of Pharmacology.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 01 March 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Plasticity of neuron to astrocyte signalling in the cerebellum

Host: Steve Edgley

Dr. Tom Bellamy, Babraham Institute.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 22 February 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Epithelial Physiology: facts, fantasies and fun

The Physiological Society 2006 G.L. Brown Prize Lecture

Prof. Richard Boyd, University of Oxford.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 February 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Selectivity in the expression of pre- and post-synaptic mechanisms in cortical circuits

Note change of time; Host: Sue Jones

Prof. Alex Thomson, School of Pharmacy, London.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 01 February 2007, 16:30-17:30

Foster Talks

Modelling of primary processes in Drosophila phototransduction

Dr. Marten Postma, Hardie Lab, PDN.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 January 2007, 16:30-17:00

Foster Talks

E.solo and E.pluribus: two new experimental organisms

Prof. Dennis Bray, PDN.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 January 2007, 16:00-16:30

Foster Talks

Breaking symmetry in the brain - from genes to circuits

Host: Kate Lewis

Prof. Steve Wilson, Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, UCL.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 January 2007, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Dynamics of gamma oscillations in the neocortex

Dr Hugh Robinson, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Functions, mechanisms and evolution of genomic imprinting

Dr Anne Ferguson-Smith, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 23 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

The chemical synapse goes electric: GPCRs, voltage and beyond

Additional Talk: Host - Martyn Mahaut-Smith

Profs. Itzchak & Hanna Parnas; The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 21 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Motor neuron degeneration and legs at odd angles

Host: Bill Colledge

Prof. Elizabeth Fisher.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 16 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

How does the cytoskeleton regulate cell shape during morphogenesis?

Dr Katja Roper, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 09 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

New brain cells for old - neurogenesis in the adult brain: what happens and does it matter?

Prof. Joe Herbert, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 09 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Programming the blood & cardiovascular system in Xenopus & zebrafish embryos

Host: Sarah Bray

Prof. Roger Patient, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 02 November 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Regulation of the positional stability of neurons: why you need glia

Dr Matthieu Vermeren, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 26 October 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Neuronal excitability is controlled by pH - but the pH of what?

Schwiening Lab, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 26 October 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Roles of feedback regulation of signaling in kidney and brain development

Host: Clare Baker

Prof. Ivor Mason, King's College London.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 October 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Chipping away at genome regulation

Dr Rob White, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 12 October 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

(feed)-Back to the Future: (feed)-Forward thinking on the interplay between Golgi cells and granule cells in the cerebellum

Dr Tahl Holtzman, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 12 October 2006, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

From sodium pump to calcium pump - going round in circles?

Prof. Roger Thomas, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 05 October 2006, 16:00-17:00